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Our 10th Anniversary Special Feature
Fran Drescher
America’s Favorite Nanny Saves Lives
After her misdiagnosis,
she wanted to be certain
that no other woman
ever went through this
same situation again.
The time that it took for
the misdiagnosis could
have caused somebody
their life. This was what
made Fran write her
book entitled "Cancer
Schmancer” and follow
it up with a movement
to help assure that
women received testing
for early detection of
disease.
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THE YEAR WAS 1993, AND A
quirky character named Fran Fine
showed up on our TV screens, instantly
catching our hearts. Her Flushing,
New York accent, short tight sequin
skirts, nasal voice, and unsophisticated
ways, suddenly made more obvious
when she found herself in the home of
a high class, high net worth, Broadway
Producer, Mr. Maxwell Sheffield.
For seven seasons we cheered her
on in the hopes that this modern Cinderella
story would come to fruition
and the handsome prince, or in this
case Broadway producer, would end
up falling in love with and marrying
the Poor little girl from Queens. With
several near misses, viewers do get
what they want, and Mr. Sheffield and
Ms. Fine get married and even have
twins.
Although this is what Fran Drescher
is most remembered for, it was
not her first dalliance with fame. Fran’s
first big break came when she was
offered, the role of Connie in Saturday
Night Fever, her first major speaking
role. Saturday Night Fever went on to
be a major icon, and so did Fran.
Fran starred in several movies,
but when she came up with the concept
of "The Nanny," she knew it was
the role that she was meant to play.
This was not to be her most challenging
role, that would be in 2000 when
she finally received the diagnosis that
she was suffering from uterine cancer.
The road to her final diagnosis would
not be an easy one, in fact, it took
over two years before Fran would find
out what the many symptoms she was
experiencing actually meant. She was
not the usual candidate for Uterine
cancer; She wasn't over 40, wasn't
overweight, and did not have a family
history of cancer. So, when she was
finally told, she was lucky enough to
find out that the cancer had not progressed
past stage 1. Her treatment
was successful, and she has been in
remission since.
After her misdiagnosis, she wanted
to be certain that no other woman
ever went through this same situation
again. The time that it took for the
misdiagnosis could have caused somebody
their life. This was what made
Fran write her book entitled "Cancer
Schmancer” and follow it up with a
movement to help assure that women
received testing for early detection of
disease.
Although finding out that Fran
had uterine cancer was a shocking moment,
She does explain that it has had
a profound effect on her life. "It has
given me a purpose that I might not
have otherwise had and it has deepened
me as a person who is empathetic
to other people’s pain and struggles.
And has taught me invaluable life
lessons.”
The main focus of Fran’s Cancer
Schmancer campaign is to make
women aware of how important early
detection is to surviving a diagnosis of
cancer. She has helped provide mobile
mammography vans in underserved
areas. As Fran explains, “All odds are
better for the patient when the cancer
is detected early. ‘Catch it on arrival
95% survival.’ Once you learn what
the early warning whispers are of the
cancers that might affect you there is a